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>> reporter: heavy rain this morning in many parts of the bay area and that will make for a wet commute. we'll tell you the warning the chp has for drivers coming up. those of you who remember, there was a band called the guess who and they had a song called the rain dance. for those of you dance, it's arrived. there's been reports of hail. an overnight hit-and-run crash injures seven people in san francisco. now the people in the san suspects's car were chased down as they tried to get away. >> reporter: the stars will be out at the oracle arena to celebrate the accomplishments of 16,000 kids in the state. what the kids did to get here to "we day." "mornings on 2" starts right now. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2."

you are looking live at the rain coming down in san francisco. a storm's been moving through the bay area for the past several hours. it's right at the heart of the morning commute. we've had reports of hail in san francisco. so full forecast -- coming up. it's wednesday, march 26th. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. we have live team coverage for you on stormwatch. alex savidge has been out driving around in the rain this morning. sal, of course, is watching the entire bay area commute. but first, we go to steve for what we can expect for the rest of the morning. >> a lot of rain in san francisco, oakland, areas to the east. it's been raining from points north to the santa cruz mountains and even santa cruz. this is a pretty good system. we talked about how yesterday wouldn't do much. but today looked to be active. it did. it's out of the gate as the front-runner. there are a lot of reports. thanks to everyone for the

reports, especially twitter. heavy rain, noe valley, maybe where you are, rockridge, alameda, rain is picking up as well. rain today, sometimes it will be occasionally heavy in spots and then it disappears. mill valley had heavy rain. gusts 20, 40 miles an hour. we already had hail but the possibility exists for more later. rain is picking up to the south. this one is favoring marin county, napa south. it was really heavy in the potrero district when i zoomed in on this. you can see some of the lighter rain stretching back to the mission. although there was some heavy rain. also around hercules, crockett, vallejo, to sear's point. san pablo bay. watch how the rain picks up towards mill valley. now it looks like things have calmed down a little bit. there were pockets where it went by. tiburon. east bay, out to clayton, mt.

diablo, brentwood, oakley. concord, pleasant hill, walnut creek. la fayette. san ramon. just starting to rain in livermore. i do know that. it's been kind of quiet south. it's showing itself. milpitas, san jose, mountain view as well. look what this is just approaching, santa cruz, aptos heading into the santa cruz mountains. this looks like a pretty big deal. it's close to the radar site. 40s and 50s. cloudy with rain. occasionally heavy, breezy cooler. heaviest rain later to the north. afternoon temperatures not going far. 50s and low 60s. here's sal. just because of the wet weather it's rougher on the roads. we have problems almost everywhere. we're gonna start with highway 24 westbound. it's very heavy. the drive time between walnut creek and oakland is 15 minutes or so. maybe 20 and a lot of it is slow traffic. not a lot of -- well, there aren't any crashes on the way reported by chp. however, there has been some crash activity in concord and

walnut creek in pleasant hill this morning early. we're also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, 30 to 45- minute drive time and it will be raining throughout the day. so the traffic is going to be busy. not only this morning but as steve mentioned, it will probably be a day-long event. 680 southbound. very slow traffic from highway 4 all the way down here. we also have slow traffic on the eastshore freeway, as you come down toward the area. one of the things i want to mention, the nimitz freeway is very slow early on. it's backed up all the way down to decoto. the wet weather has made the commute start earlier and it's heavier. let's go to alex savidge who is in san francisco and, alex, it looks like it's raining pretty hard there. >> reporter: yeah, you know, i should tell you, it's sort of let up a little bit. but we just got blasted really by a huge downpour that moved through the area. we're in downtown san francisco this morning. i'll give you a look at what we have behind us. in fact, just as i start

speaking the rain lets you u it was raining hard just a few minutes ago. a strong storm cell moving through san francisco reports of hail in this area, also the possibility of lightning, according to the national weather service. let me show you some video from a short time ago. we took this video along the embarcadero where we saw people biking and running in the area. the rain started to pick up about an hour ago. the roads out there, they are slick. you want to be careful as we came across the bay bridge from the east bay, this morning, traffic was already slow. that was at about 6:00 this morning just because of the wet roads. the chp says when it does rain, they usually see twice as many crashes as they normally do. everyone needs to slow down. they need to make sure they don't follow the car in front of them too closely. that's how you can avoid getting into any sort of a crash this morning. again, heavy rain here in san francisco. this morning it's moving from west to east this strong cell. so folks in the east bay

probably can expect some rain pretty soon. it will be no doubt about it, a very wet morning commute. take it slow out there and be careful. we're live this morning in san francisco. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. you can track the storm on the go using our ktvu weather app. you can download it to your iphone, ipad or android device. new developments in the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet. this could be the most important discovery yet. this morning, satellite images from a french defense contractor were released. they show 122 objects floating in the southern indian ocean near the area where others were spotted earlier. in the new photos, the sizes of the objects vary. they appear to be bright, possibly indicating they are solid materials. pam cook will have more coming up. back here at home, the

mendocino county sheriff's deputy killed in the line of duty will be laid to rest later this morning. 48-year-old deputy ricky del fiorintiono was killed last week by a suspect who was later killed. he was a star wrestler and football player at napa high school. the memorial service for him begins at 10:00 in fort bragg. governor jerry brown will be among the thousands of people attending the service. it is 7:08. a san francisco restaurant destroyed by a huge fire nearly a year and a half ago is reopening this morning. squat and gobble on west portal avenue went up in flames in october 2012 after a fire started in the building next door. the fire caused $7 million in damage to three buildings. squat and gobble was rebuilt from the ground up and now includes a second floor with a private dining and meeting space.

san francisco mayor ed lee will cut the ribbon at this year's reopening. well, oakland's oracle arena is set up and ready for "we day california." a wonderful event. ktvu is a proud sponsor, all designed to celebrate people who worked hard and positivitily to help others. about 16,000 people will fill up the students. each got a free ticket after pledging to make a difference. speakers include selena gomez, orlando, bloom. brian flores is already there at the oracle arena. joining us live. students and volunteer. they are starting to just arrive. brian? >> reporter: they sure are. some of them making their way quickly inside oracle arena. 16,000 kids from throughout the state are gonna be here today to celebrate really their accomplishments in youth acty victim and volunteerism.

we're talking about "we day." yesterday, organizers made their final preps before the big event. "we day" is an event 0 to celebrate what kids have done to make a difference in their worlds. schools have picked up trash at nearby parks, some battling marine pollution, some raising money for clean water in kenya, same raising their heads to raise money for cancer research. you couldn't buy the tickets. they had to pledge and act on how they would change their communities. >> these young people to come to "we day" 9.6 million they logged for charities. it's amazing the impact by kids. >> reporter: just a wonderful event. kids from all over the state, even as far south as san diego will be here to see the likes and hear from celebrities and singers, magic johnson, martin sheen, selena gomez, big shawn

and orlando bloom, which many of our producerses back at the studio want to pass along their phone numbers but i die digress -- digress. it will be a good day here to celebrate what the kids have done to get here. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. we will be streaming all of the "we day" events at ktvu.com. you can watch it starting at 9:30 this morning. 7:11. in just a few hours, a major oil company is scheduled to make a big announcement about jobs in the east bay. chevron has a large refinery in richmond and executives will hold a joint news conference with the contra costa county building trades council. they are expected to announce a deal that would bring hundreds of new jobs to richmond. the details won't be announced until after this morning's news conference. 7:11. california lawmakers are now backing off from a new law that

requires people who work with food to wear gloves. a state assembly committee voted to repeal and revisit the regulation before enforcement begins this summer. now, a group of chefs and bartenders say the law is too restrictive. it undermindings existing practices. governor brown signed the legislation into law last year. it requires restaurant workers to wear gloves or use utensils when they handle ready to eat food to a -- to avoid any possible illnesses. a big crash at a busy san francisco intersection. a look at what happened that caused so many injuries and the impact on traffic right now. also, the hope to find survivors of that massive landslide in washington state, it's dimming this morning. coming up in three minutes, what rescuers say is the best hope for finding victims now. rain on the roads means slow traffic everywhere. if you are driving, you should give yourself extra time as you can see, a live picture of

highway 24 getting up toward oakland. it will take you a while. we'll ally give you a drive time -- we'll give you a look at the drive time. we're not out of the woods yet. there will still be moderate to heavy rain and maybe more rail coming in later today. it looks like a very active wednesday. female announcer: through sunday at sleep train's big gift event

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it is 7:15. investigators in mountain view accuse two 18-year-olds and a group of juveniles of throwing a wild party that burned down a house in mountain view. police have arrested these two young men, gilbert gomez and brandon pack along with 12 juveniles whose names were not released. the fire started on march 16th at a house on fordham way. the homeowners were on vacation. investigators say a group of teens broke in and hosted a series of alcohol and drug- fueled house parties. a car was also stolen but later

recovered. police expect to make more arrests in this case. we're still following developing news in washington state. officials now believe up to 24 people are dead after saturday's landslide. our reporter joining us live in arlington, washington. crews there are admitting the chances of finding anyone alive there, slim. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the crews are saying they are starting to realize the potential that there might not be any survivors. they haven't found anybody alive in the rubble since saturday. rescuers go through rain, debris and mud looking for any survivors. days after a landslide leveled a square mile of washington state. a mountain saturated by a month of punishing rain just could not hold up. >> it is just amazing the magnitude and the force that

this slide has created and what it has done. >> reporter: the search for life grows desperate, even though no one has been found alive since saturday. >> we had a very challenging day today with the rain. unfortunately, we didn't find any signs of life. >> reporter: two more bodies were recovered tuesday and another eight were found but could not be removed from the debris. local volunteers and rescue crews from neighboring states have joined the effort. among those -- >> they have to find her. my boys have said they won't stop digging for her until they do. >> reporter: the search for john came to an end on stus-- on tuesday. the body was found by his brothers. despite the grim submission, neighbors in snohomish county are not giving up home -- hoe. >> it's a close community.

everyone is doing what they can. >> reporter: and there are still 176 people missing here, dave. now, one woman said she is missing four members of other family, including both of her parents and her daughter. she said the pain is beyond the scope of her family. she said she's grieving for their entire community. dave? >> all right. thank you for the update. we want to check in with sal right now, see how things are looking on a rather soggy wednesday morning commute. >> reporter: a lot of crashes out there in the bay area. right now, traffic is going to be busy. 880 southbound is one of the busiest freeways here. i have drawn this white line. it got slow early. i do want to push back on the maps here and show you how the road sensors are very red in many of these areas. and we just got a report of a new crash northbound 280 in daly city here. northbound 280 near john daly boulevard. coming up from the mall area

and highway 1, up to daly city. maybe you are going to san francisco state, you need to give yourself extra time there. there's a crash southbound 101. it's so knew. it would be right around here. watch for slow traffic as you head down to burlingame. let's go to live pictures to show you the wet roads. the bay bridge commute is backed up to the macarthur maze. about a 40-minute drive time into san francisco. also this morning's commute in san jose is not as bad as we thought it could be. northbound 280 looks good through downtown san jose. northbound 101 and 85 are slow. just a lot of fender-benders out there. please give yourself extra time. 7:19 let's go to steve. not bad. not bad. the system, brief, heavy rain for some. other areas about .10 to over .5. but the hail reports are coming in fast and furious. it's a wet commute this morning.

this wednesday rain will be with us for the morning. still have aways to go. even if we get sun, that may help destabilize the atmosphere. snow in the sierra nevada. heaviest rain around marin county, san francisco, oakland. so far. we'll take a closer look. don't want to forget you folks up in mendocino county, lake county. cloverdale, healdsburg, it's lightened up around petaluma. you can see the band moving right through. it looks like southern marin county and san francisco and brandon sent me a tweet saying it's windy and coming down hard here through the city. i can't count how many reports of hail we've had. it looks like things have let up a little bit. vallejo, william tweety, our observer there said rain pretty good. over to martinez. you get pockets of coming down heavy and then it lets up. oakland, berkeley, emeryville. over to the east way, not too bad yet. but it looks like this line is

heading out towards antioch, oakley. baypoint, clayton, walnut creek. south, not too bad. it's picking up a little bit, especially on skyline. you can see a cell to the west of woodside. mountain view, san jose. nothing too heavy. we've had reports. look at this down towards watsonville, santa cruz, highway 1 if you are heading that way, that's big time right there. that looks like potential rain. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. there will be a bigger system on saturday which will probably double some of these amounts to the north. most of the rain will be today. thursday and friday look to be mostly dry. 31 up in tahoe. there are winter storm warnings out there until thursday morning. 38 in ukiah. that goes until thursday. but we'll have feet -- feet of snow which is what we need. we need the runoff. rain is good but we really need the snow. i think the snow level will come down, 4800 feet. cloudy with rain, occasionally

heavy. some heavy rain will move into the north later. it's been focused on san francisco. 50s and low 60s on the temperatures. not going to change too much. these are below average temperatures. we get a little bit of a break as we talked about thursday/friday. could be isolated rain to the north. but then a stronger system moves in. that could be wet for the north bay on saturday. sweeps south saturday night, clearing out on sunday. more trouble for secret service agents assigned to protect the president. the reason three agents were sent home from the netherlands. an unusual protest in berkeley. why a woman fired two weeks ago has refused to leave her office.

7:24. this morning, president obama continues his trip through europe by heading to belgium for a u.s., european summit. before the talks, he took part in a wreath-laying ceremony for

the servicemen killed in world war i which started 100 years ago this summer. a total 14 million people were killed in that car with 116,000 being american troops. 7:24. back here at home, listeners of berkeley community radio station kpfa may not notice a difference but the director of the group that runs kpfa was fired two weeks ago but she won't leave her office. 40-year-old summer reese and her mother, they've taken over the building. they brought in air mattresses. they are sleeping there overnight. reese believes her bosses are angry she released two-thirds of the staff at a new york radio station that the group also runs. >> i'm taking the action that's necessary to save a progressive media outlet from being destroyed from the inside. >> it's making it a bigger issue than i think it needs to be. that's what i'm concerned about. >> well, the station group says it's a personnel issue, they want reese out of that building but they don't want to have to

evict her. >> 7:25. san francisco supervisors are looking at a plan that would legalize thousands of in-law housing units. those are separate homes built without permits or inspections in garages, basements and addict -- atickets across the -- at attics. the board is scheduled to vote on the proposal next week. a virginia storeowner is $3 million rich there morning after -- richer this morning after selling herself the winning ticket. she was told someone from her store purchased a winning ticket worth $3 million. she was thrilled since her store would receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket. later that day, she checked her own ticket, it turns out she was the winner. as for now, she's still working at her store. it is 7:26.

we're learning more about the man killed in a suspected drunk driving crash in fremont. how friends and family are remembering the young marine just back from a tour of duty. why are vandals poisoning lawns in a west san jose neighborhood. we'll show you the damage and show you how homeowners are fighting back. we have more crashes because of the wet weather. if you are trying to get to the silicon valley using the san mateo bridge, you will add some extra drive time here. we'll tell you about how the commutes and how they are being impacted by the rain. the main funnel looks to be southern marin county, over to oakland. there's plenty of areas getting rain down to san jose. take a look at it on radar coming up very shortly. bulldog: oh boy!

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good morning. you are looking live at our camera on highway 24 in la fayette. it's a little blurry from the rain. but that rain continues to fall during this really soggy wednesday morning commute. sal's tracking all of the problems on the roads. he says there are a lot of crashes and fender-benders out there right now. he'll have more on that in just a minute. it's 7:30. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's check about weather. steve's right over there. >> i just zoomed radar in on la fayette. i will show you that in a second. it's in yellow. coming down pretty good. heaviest rain, san francisco, also picking up towards san

jose and even down santa cruz to monterey looks impressive. light rain to the north. not a lot up to mendocino county, lake county, northern sonoma, napa county. it's been much lighter there. heaviest rain, san rafael. east and south. you see the line stretching down to antioch. santa rosa slammed. things have let up. it looks like it's starting to come back a little bit. south san francisco to millbrae, burlingame, sfo there. had reports the rain picked up. even out towards solano county, contra costa county, highway 4. there's la fayette. that's what's cupping oef -- coming up over there. that's also in the east bay. concord, nothing too heavy. but i expect that to pick up pretty soon and then south bay not too much. it's beginning to show itself in the darker green and the peninsula and down towards santa cruz and down to watsonville, castro valley and right off the coast of santa

cruz things look to be active. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. we have rainfall. that will be pretty good through about -- most of this is today through early thursday. i think thursday afternoon, friday we get a break. next system is saturday. cloudy with rain. sometimes these are brief, heavy downpours along with hail. a lot of reports in san francisco this morning. 50s, 60s on your temperatures. here's sal. we don't have very good traffic because of the wet weather. one of the things i want to mention is that traffic is gonna be slower almost everywhere you look. let's take a look at some of these live pictures. look at highway 24. in fact, it's raining pretty hard here. just beneath the rain is a very messy freeway, 20 minute drive time between walnut creek and the tunnel. it doesn't usually take that long. that's about double your drive time. this is not a bad commute. some commutes have tripled the drive time. some have taken very slow rides to work already this morning.

let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. this commute is backed you for a 45-minute drive time into san francisco. i also want to mention that traffic on the upper deck of the bay bridge has been busy and slow. we've had some problems on the lower deck. let's take a look at the big commutes. we have westbound 580 as you come up through the livermore area. very slow traffic coming in from 205. most of it is slow in livermore and dublin. you can also see that 680 is slow -- 680 southbound is slow out of pleasanton. back to the desk. this is a wet and windy commute for you this morning. look at those pictures. this was taken in san francisco just a little while ago. the chp warning all drivers slow down. keep a distance from other drivers because the road is slick and wet. now, the police have been very busy since yesterday. they responded to about double the number of accidents on tuesday compared to monday and with more rain coming our way,

especially this weekend, also check your windshield wipers. your tire pressure and the tread in the tire. now, the sierra is under a winter weather warning. light snow fell last night on donner summit but didn't really stick. today, though, snow levels may drop to 5,000 feet with between 1 and 2 feet of new snow expected. the winter weather warning runs from now until 11:00 tomorrow. nasa is giving a new view of california's water situation. check it out. the photo taken in the central sierra nevada. scientists say this will help them determine how deep the snowpack is and how much water is in that snow. 80% of california's water comes from the runoff of melting snow in the sierra. you can, of course, track this storm on the go, using our ktvu weather app. you can download it to your iphone, ipad or android device.

san francisco police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that injured seven people. it happened around 12:40 this morning at the intersection of gary and van ness avenue. , witnesses say a sedan slammed into the side of an suv. we're told that four people were in the suv. three people in the sedan. witnesses say the people in the sedan, a woman and -- a man, rather, and would women tried to run from police but were caught. none of the injuries are life- threatening. we're learning more about the man killed by a suspected drunk driver. he was a marine just back from a tour of duty overseas. last night family members and fellow marines gathered for a candlelight candlelight vigil vig candlelight vigil for -- gathered for a candlelight vigil for andrew silva. police say silva was riding his motorcycle on fremont boulevard when a drunk driving suspect

ran a red light and slammed into silva. the intersection was closed until yesterday evening. some of his fellow marines were on the crash scene a few hours later. >> they brought a u.s. flag and a marine corps flag down to cover up the body out of respect for him. >> the young marine from union city had just returned home from afghanistan last month. he was married with a 2-year- old son. 7:36. a reward is being offered this morning in west san jose to catch a person who is committing a bizarre crime. someone is poisoning lawns killing the grass. ktvu's janine de la vega joining us live from san jose to show us the damage and tell us what's being done to catch whoever is doing this. >> reporter: we drove up and down moreland way and sou that nearly ef -- saw that nearly every lawn is being hit. it looks bad. apparently somebody has been spraying some sort of chemical that's leaving streaks of yellow and black dead grass,

killing the soil as well. if you look in the distance, you can see another lawn that got the worse of it. people who live on moreland way say as many as 30 lawns have been poisoned, causing the grass to die. some neighbors thought it might be ecoterrorism or someone upset about the drought. but some say it's unlikely because the incidents started on halloween in 2012 and 2013th but this year it's happened every month. >> it's a quiet neighborhood. we feel we're violated. to replace the lawns is thousands of dollars. what do you do? you replace it and someone comes around and does it again. the neighborhood association held a meeting where neighbors decided to collect money so they are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the capture of those responsible. some homeowners have purchased security cameras to help. the victims have contacted the councilmen who represent the area and will be meeting with them to discuss what more can

be done. they are also in the process of filing police reports. if you have any information, contact the san jose police department and leave an anonymous tip. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:37. an angry crowd confronted greg suhr last night as he tried to explain why police officers opened fire and killed a man at bernal heights park. >> mr. nieto by profession is a security guard but for mental health reasons -- >> now, on friday night someone called 911. they said there was a man with a gun in the park. when police officers responded, they found alejandro nieto. last night, chief suhr told a crowded meeting that police officers asked let to show them his hands. he said that let drew his

tasers. and police opened fire thinking it was a gun. police asked him to show his hands i. >> would expect them to know the difference between a taser and a handgun. >> now, alejandro nieto's family and friends say he carried a taser because he worked as a security guard for a nightclub. they say they are planning to protest the shooting by marching from the 24th and mission b.a.r.t. station to bernal heights park. a date for the march has not been set. two men have been arrested in a shooting that inr injured -- that injured eight people tuesday night. curtis warrenned a burl jones were -- curtis warren and buehrle jones were arrested. the shooter was targeting a man who owed him less than $50. all of the shooting victims are expected to survive. 7:39. city leaders in berkeley and richmond are trying to block a plan to allow railcars to carry crude oil through their cities.

both city councils unanimously passed measures. in berkeley, demonstrators protested before the meeting, saying they want to get other cities to support the effort to stop the crude oil rail cars. they say the rail cars are too dangerous and can explode which happened in quebec last summer and fear leaks will harm the environment. >> what you see is cleanup that really can't happen. it's just too ugly, too dirty, it's inappropriate to be shipping this material. >> the protesters also plan to lobby against it in sacramento and washington, d.c. three sisters from the east bay say they are demanding answers about why their mother has been locked up more than 8,000 miles away for almost two years. >> it was roadblock after roadblock. nobody knew anything. no one told us anything. even to this day, we still

don't know where she's bying held at, what her charges are. >> the family says they've been told only she was detained by the government in the east african nation. today at 5:00, 2 investigates after sagi's daughter reached out for help. 7:40. a possible break in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. new satellite images that reveal the most credible leads yet. plus -- a big change for walnut creek creek schools that has not happened in 25 years. on the san mateo bridge and on other bridges, the wet weather is slow traffic down. it's pretty crowded headed over to the wet peninsula. some pretty impressive downpours. some of that has let up. there's still plenty to go around. maybe more reports of hail. looks to be an active wednesday. we'll have more on that coming

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♪ the quick charging, zero emission, all-electric all-new smart electric drive. just $139 a month. 7:44. as sal and steve have been telling us, the rain is really coming down in parts of the bay area. tara moriarty continues our stormwatch coverage now from san francisco. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. we're along the marina green. it's been stop and go this morning. at times, like right now, it seems to be sort of drizzling and then all of a sudden, it will be a downpour. just a couple of minutes ago, if you look out on the bay, it was super choppy. it's seemed to have calmed down. you can see the clouds looming in the distance at angel island and out near the golden gate bridge. we have strong cells moving through the area and a

possibility of lightning and even hail according to the national weather service. the rain arrived yesterday in the bay area with showers off and on all day. this is the start of a long period -- a long period of wet weather. when it rains, the chp sees twice as many crashes as usual. even during breaks in the rain, drivers still need to stay alert because the roads remain wet. so the chp is remind everybody to slow down, have your windshield wipers on and check those wipers to make sure you have enough tread. back to you. >> thank you. you can always go to ktvu.com and track the storm when you are away from your tv. all right. 7:45. we're following new developments in the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom now with the extensive operation that's underway right now, pam. there is a new lawsuit.

>> yeah, a dozen planes and six ships are out over the indian ocean right now looking for debris that was spotted in new satellite images. now, it's still unclear if any pieces of the jetliner have been located but images provided by a french defense contractor shows 122 objects floating in the southern indian ocean. now, they range in size from about a foot to 23 feet. they appear to be bright which possibly indicates solid materials. >> we are throwing everything we have at the search. there are many aircraft that will be in the area today. soon there will be chinese naval and civilian ships joining the success out there. we owe it to the families. we owe it to an anxious world to do everything we can to finally locate some wreckage and to do whatever we can to

solve the riddle of this extraordinarily ill-faded flight. >> two american devices designed to pinpoint the pings from the flight data recorder arrived in australia today. a special unmanned submarine can travel across the ocean floor and find any submerged objects at depths of nearly 15,000 feet. the u.s. has sent a giant listening device towed behind a ship. that can detect pings depths at 20,000 feet. now, the first formal steps have been taken in filing a lawsuit against the airline and boeing, themaker of the plane. attorneys at a chicago law firm believe the incident was caused by mechanical failure and are looking for evidence of possible design and production flaws. the firm expects to represent families of more than half of the 239 passengers. the same firm is also representing many of the passengers in the asiana

airlines crash at sfo. we'll continue to monitor the search efforts in the indian ocean in our newsroom. we'll bring you any updates as soon as they become available. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:47. members of an elite team of secret service agents now facing disciplinary actions. the agents were assigned to protect the president or its motorcade. according to reports some agents were september home from the netherlands between before president obama arrived. one april gent reportedly was found drunk in a hotel hallway and two other agents did not intervene, according to reports. that behavior violates rules for secret service agents especially after an incident in south america two years ago involving alcohol and prostitutes. ktvu news has learned walnut creek police plan to do something they haven't done in 25 years. they are gonna patrol the campuses of city schools. the plans call for having a

full-time police officer at los loms and and northgate high school. there will be part-time patrols at middle schools. >> it's about being a role model and seeing somebody they can look up to and ask questions and not be judged. >> the community connection between the child and police officer that we thought was a really strong link going forward into middle school and high school. >> walnut creek police decided to return to school campuses afternoon it was determined they had enough money and resources to do so. let's go to sal. our commute is affected by the weather, the rain. all kinds of things. >> we have double the number of collisions and incidents on the road because of the wet weather. i want to show you some of the things we've been looking at here. the bay bridge, which is normally pretty slow at this time is slower than it normally is. so the drive time here that should be 30 minutes could stretch much more than that.

right now, it's 45. if there is a problem on the bridge that ever pops up it could be almost an hour getting in. 880 northbound and southbound is slower than it normally is. 880 has begun to slow earlier than it normally does here passing the coliseum getting up to oakland about ten minutes from this point to downtown oakland. remember, this is a stretch of about a mile or so. not that long. maybe a mile and a half. so that's a long time to wait to get that short distance. farther down, 880 southbound is on its way to the south bay. i want to show you the san jose commute. northbound 101 is backed up to the capitol expressway to mountain view. 85 is slow to 87. 280 is the best bet but it's still not great. today we'll give you more material for that little voodoo doll you made of highway 85 earlier. i know. let's go to steve. sal, is there anything going on this morning?

>> pretty quiet. >> sun nip and warm out there -- sunny and warm out there. a lot of reports. i appreciate them. i'm a little overwhelmed this morning. that's okay. we have heavier rain san francisco. about marin county over towards parts of the east bay south. north bay not in as much. the focus has been san francisco over to oakland. .25 to 1 1/2. cazadero. 1.05 up in cazadero. gusts 20, 40 miles an hour. more rail possible. the reports coming in were nonstop. things have calmed down a little bit. up to clearlake, light rain. northern napa county, much quieter. santa rosa, healdsburg, cloverdale. heavy rain for a while. but now things have let up from about san rafael mill valley which was hit hard over to richmond, berkeley, emeryville, kensington had pretty good rain from san francisco now over to

hayward. parts of the peninsula, nog too heavy. heidi said it's pouring. also oakley and into the north as well. around concord, la fayette had really heavy rain for a while. you can see the rain stretching. it goes over to 24 and walnut creek and south to san ramon. you can see it moving through. seems to be the focus, the bull's eye. half moon bay pretty good cell. from santa cruz down to watsonville, this looks really impressive as that begins to move onshore. 40s, 50s. i don't think they've budged all morning long. most will be today into early thursday. there could be hit-and-miss rain. some heavy rain is forced to

move in. winter storm warning up in the sierra nevada until thursday. there's been some really heavy snow. kingvale. i think the snow level is coming down. we need the snow. yes, the rain is good but we need the snow. that's really the key. get that snow up in the sierra nevada. it looks like there's more on the way. the weekend system looks warmer. breezy, cooler, downpours and possible hail. some of that is heavy at times. 50s and 60s. the high temperatures and the lows are stuck. they aren't gonna go very far. maybe 5, 6 degrees for some at best. we get some rain, heavy at times today with maybe some possibility of more hafl later. this look -- hail later. this looks like -- by 2:00, 3:00, we'll be on the west side of this or the back side. a break friday. then rain heavy possibly in the north bay on saturday. should clear out by sunday morning. a popular san francisco restaurant destroyed by fire nearly a year and a half ago is

ready to reopen. the big changes at squat and gobble and a big celebration happening this morning. and a man who tried to land a date landed in jail. details of a sting operation on the peninsula. female announcer: what will you get with your new sleep train mattress?

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welcome back. a peninsula man's attempts to land a date has handed him in jail. ashley works at the curry up now in san mateo. she says early saturday morning she was taking the trash out when she spotted a man with some of the tvs from the restaurant outside and realized she was being robbed. she recognized the robber, it was the same man who approached her earlier asking her for a date. >> said i have seen you around before wanted to talk to you. never had the chance. here's my number. let's hang out later.

>> by the time police arrived, he had left. they took the number and set up a fake date and then arrested limb. police found the stolen items after searching his home. new rules for the 49ers stadium are moving forward. they include banning weapons of any kind, running out onto the field and bringing in alcohol. fans are not allowed to throw objects like footballs inside or outside of the stadium. you can only sit in the seat you have a ticket for. santa clara police came up with all of these rules. the city council approved them last night. today is the first day of public trading for the company that makes candy crash saga. king digital got trushed in the beginning of trading -- crushed

in the beginning of trading. it's currently down 11%. trading at $20. it earned, though, more than $560 million last year despite giving away its games. here is a live look at the big board, the dow is up 24. the nasdaq is down 2 and s&p up 3. seven people were lurt hours ago in a hit-and-run crash in san francisco. why the people in the suspect vehicle did not get far. good morning. right now, traffic is going to be slower than it normally is around the bay area as you can see, highway 4 still slow at this late hour coming up to the willow pass grade. we'll tell you more about contra costa county. it is pouring. we'll show you where and maybe some more hail today? it sure looks like it.

the forecast is coming up.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." live pictures. if you haven't been outside yet, be warned. we have rain this morning. it is wet. it is slick out there. grab an umbrella. there has even been hail in some places this morning in the bay area.

be careful driving. dozens of accidents have already been reported. sal's been talking about it all morning. stay tuned. we have all of the details, tori. >> yes, we do. it's wednesday, march 26th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. we start with the man of the hour, steve paulson. very busy. >> a lot of reports coming in. a couple of reports of hail as we talked about. it looks like thunderstorm activity picking up all the way down to morgan hill, getting some reports of heavy rain. some of the heaviest looks to be on the san mateo coast. i tried to get some rainfall rates in here quick. cazadero over an inch. sebossty poll, .75. vallejo, .40. san francisco, leader of the path today for the reports and the hail. nothing too heavy north. still rain up in lake county. i know greta up in middleton had .59. la fayette, orinda, i it's

heard pouring. couldn't hear me speak in orinda because it was raining so hard. stretching back to alameda, oakland, the 8880 corridor. look at this, right around el granada, heavy and steady to half moon bay on the san mateo coast. that's heading right on the peninsula. you can see the line that's stretching. even out towards -- even farther east. the line has blown up towards santa cruz highway 1 towards monterey. for us, we'll see a lot of cloud cover today. off-and-on heavy rain. more reports of hail or thunderstorms look very, very likely through about early afternoon and then the situation should calm down. 50s, 60s. here's sal. good morning. we're looking at a long list of things on the chp list. if you are driving today, bring your patience. you know how it gets. steve mentioned, that it was pouring in orinda and la fayette, he's absolutely right.

you can see this for yourself if you want to come to the tv and see how 24 is slowing way down and the drive time has doubled in this area between walnut creek and oakland. when up get to oakland, there's also more slow traffic waiting for you. there have not been a lot of major accidents. that's because people are going too slow to get into major crashes. westbound bay bridge is backed up from the macarthur maze. if you are waiting for someone from san francisco and they are coming from the east bay in a car, you will be waiting longer i'm afraid. this commute has been very slow. a lot of fender-benders. 85 northbound is backed up north of 87 all the way to cupertino. 280 is slow. there's a break in downtown. it's slow at 17. 101 is going to be slow. drive times are up. 580 grant line to 680, 36 minutes. 580 from high street to 24. that's about double. about a 15-minute drive. it usually takes a lot less. that's what you are dealing with. 8:03. back to the desk. we're following breaking

news right now. fbi raids are happening right now. there are reports of agents in san francisco and sacramento conducting several raids. now, ktvu's alex savidge is following the story. we'll have more in a live report. we're also following this in the ktvu newsroom. we'll bring you the latest details as soon as we get them in. back to the stormwatch coverage. it's been a sog bi commute. we've seen a steady number of fender-benders. let's go live to tara moriarty along the waterfront in san francisco. you say the rain has been coming and going. >> reporter: it's kind of weird. we see the clouds have parted over the golden gate bridge. there's a little bit of blue poking over ocean beach. as we pan to the right, you can see it's calm out here on the bay. a couple of minutes ago, it was very choppy. we could see white caps. over near fort mason, you can see how goommy it is. see the gray skies? parts of the bay area, particularly in the north bay

could see more than an inch of rain today. strong cells are moving through the area. possibility of lightning and hail according to the national weather service. we may see a brief dry spell tomorrow and friday. as you know, the rain arrived in the bay area on friday. this is the start of a long period of wet weather and the chp is preparing for problems on the roadways because when it rains, you know, we see about twice as many crashes as usual. even during breaks in the rain, drivers have to stay alert because of roads remaining wet. the chp is reminding everyone to slow down, make sure you have your headlights on. also a good idea to check the windshield wipers and make sure your tires have present plenty of -- plenty of tread. san francisco has received -- is receiving wet weather that's welcome. >> you can track this storm on the go using our ktvu weather

app. you can download it to your iphone, ipad or android device. there is a new development in the search for that missing malaysia airlines flight and it could be the most important discovery yet. officials released these satellite images from a french defense firm. they show 122 objects floating in the southern indian ocean near the area where other objects were spotted earlier. these 122 objects were scattered across a 154-square mile area. pam cook will have more on the search later this hour as well as details taken towards the first lawsuit connected with this crash. oakland detectives searching for a gunman responsible for a homicide overnight. police heard shots fired around 10:30 near 8th and campbell streets. when police arrived, they found a man who had been shot several times. dozens of markers are out there showing where shell casings were found.

at this point, we don't know the name of the shooting victim. >> they called for medical. they attempted to give the victim first aid. unfortunately, the victim succumbed to his injuries prior to the arrival of a of the am -- of the ambulance. >> investigators say bullets did hit buildings. no one else was hurt. several city council members have told the "oakland tribune" they've written a letter to jean quan urging her not to defund the shot spotter program. the spokesman for the mayor said there are no plans to cut it out of the budget when that $348,000 a year contract expires at the end of august. governor brown will be among the thousands of people attending this morning's funeral for the deputy killed in the line of duty last week. the memorial service for deputy

ricky begins at 10:00 at the cotton auditorium in fort bragg. the 48-year-old officer was a star wrestlinger and football player at napa high school in the early 1980s. a wanted fugitive killed him in an ambush style attack near fort bragg. that suspect was killed in a shootout with sheriff deputies. in a couple of hours, a major oil company is scheduled to make a big announcement about jobs in the east bay. chevron has a large refinery in richmond and executives will hold a joint news conference with the contra costa county building trades council. they are expected to announce a deal that would bring hundreds of new jobs to richmond. the details won't be announced until after this morning's news conference. 8:08. california lawmakers are now backing off from a new law requiring people who work with food to wear gloves. a state assembly committee voted to repeal and revisit the

regulation before enforcement starts this summer. a group of chefs and bartenders say the rules are just too restrictive and underminds existing hygiene laws. the governor signed the legislation into law last year. it required restaurant workers to wear gloves or use u tinsels when they -- utensils when they handle food. polina edmunds is hours away from her first world championship. the 15-year-old started this season as a virtual unknown but as she goes into this week's competition in japan, she is considered a real contender. she made her debut at the olympics last month where she came in 9th. she will skate about midnight our time tonight. happening now -- oakland's oracle arena is all set up for "we day california." ktvu is a proud sponsor of the event designed to celebrate young people who have worked

hard to help others. some 16,000 students will fill those seats at the arena. they each got a free ticket pledging to make a difference. speakers include orlando bloom and selena gomez. brian flores is live where students and volunteers have just started arriving. is that right, brian? >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you. they are arriving at a very wet and rainy oracle arena. it's okay. it will be a good day here for the first time we day making its appearance here in california. it will be a star-studded event. the real stars are the kids who raised millions of dollars and volunteered millions of hours to change their communities both locally and globally. we day is making its california debut in oakland. but here is the thing, you couldn't buy a ticket. 16,000 kids from throughout the state pledged to change their world and volunteer. and that's how they got here. some as far south as san diego. here in the bay area, we've seen kids shaving their kids to

raise cancer awareness. some doing what they can to clean up the ocean. others cleaning up the parks. some raising money to give people in kenya clean water. that's the basis of we day, helping others. we spoke with the founder just moments ago on some of the other ways kids got here. >> a lot of kids were trick or treating over hall low lien for food banks. another one, silence for bull littling. and a lot of international students who got very involved with africa, all around the world, having to bills schools, get clean water. >> reporter: some stars, magic johnson, seth rogen, martin sheen, big shawn, selina gomez, orlando bloom and some members of the 49ers and raiders will be here as well. as we take it back out here

live, not to mention the fact it's raining. it will be a great day inside oracle arena. this is something that ktvu is a proud sponsor of. i spoke to craig and he said as long as the kids do great work, they will make their way to california to the event. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. looks soggy there. i'm sure it will be fun inside. we'll be streaming we day on ktvu.com. you can start watching it at 9:30 this morning. you will be heading over there. >> i will be there around noontime in the ktvu booth. can't fight. let's tell you about seven people that had to be taken to the hospital after an early- morning crash in san francisco. the investigation happening right now into a suspected hit and run. what's happening this morning at the scene of a deadly landslide in washington state and some amazing video of a rescue on saturday of a little boy. we have the rain causing

problems. now on city streets in san francisco there's a problem involving cable car service. but as you look at the richmond bridge, the traffic here is slow. we'll tell you more about all of the slow traffic and now we're getting a report of another prob nem in san francisco -- of another problem in san francisco. if you are doing the rain dance, the moves are paying off. heavy rain for some areas. not so much for others. we'll take a look at the totals and we have some reports of hail.

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we're following the massive relief ands rescue efforts underway in washington state. officials believe up to 24 people are dead after that landslide on saturday the at least 176 people are still listed as missing. now. crews say in some of the areas, the dirt and debris is 20 feet deep. in some places it's like quicksand. they say yesterday's rain made things worse. the crews admit the chances of finding anyone else still alive, very slim. but the rescue of a little boy is one bright spot in an otherwise grim effort. video shows 4-year-old jacob spillers. here he is, pulled from the muddy rubble on saturday. the little boy's neighbor was there when he was rescued. >> they brought him to us in the ambulance. i took his clothes off because

he was freezing. wrapped him up. >> he was in an upstairs room when the mudslide crashed into the house. his mother was at work at the time. but his brother and half siblings are still missing. the crew who saved his life said he's given them hope to carry on. a local volunteer is leaving san jose to help out in washington state. some of the volunteers for the red cross in silicon valley, they left yesterday as well. more than a dozen firefighters trained in safe-and-rescue operations in california, they are responding. they will help move the huge amount of rubble trying to find more victims. 8:17. attorneys for a bride accused of pushing her husband over a cliff in montana's glash sherr national park this past summer are moving to withdraw her guilty plea. they are accusing prosecutors of acting in bad faith. this new development comes just two days before jordan lynn

graham was to be sentenced to death for the death of her husband. graham admitted to second- degree murder when the prosecution agreed to drop the first-degree murder charge but problems started brewing when prosecutors started to push for a life sentence. a san francisco restaurant destroyed by a huge fire nearly a year and a half ago is reopening. squat and gobble went up in flames in october of 2012 after a fire started in the building next door. the fire caused $7 million in damage to three buildings. squat and gobble was rebuilt from the ground up and now includes a second floor with a private dining and meeting space and mayor ed lee will cut the ribbon at this morning's reopening. we have rain, wet roads, a lot of crashes. sal, how is the toll plaza? >> we have slow traffic trying to get into san francisco westbound bay bridge toll

plaza. 45 to one-hour delay here because you have to count on the traffic getting to the toll plaza. when you do get into san francisco, you will see some trouble on city streets, california and kerney because of some sort of a problem. the cable car lines are down and traffic is going to be affected in this area. we also have a look at traffic on interstate 880. it's slower than usual early. if you are going to "we day" give yourself extra time to get there on time. it will take you longer to get there and get into downtown oakland. we've had numerous collisions. 280 is one of the better freeways. it's not good for long. 280 is slow up right around the corner. public transportation a good option for you. you may want to think about taking that. things are moving relatively smoothly there. let's go to steve. cloudy for some. rain heavy for others. reports of hail have tailed off

for now. one report of lightning near kirker pass. brief. i wouldn't be surprised if it picks up later today. some of the rainfall totals, cazadero over an inch, sebastopol, .75. mount tam almost .050. vallejo and benicia in there and san francisco .41. thank you, michael, in the city who keeps wonderful records. some of the rain has been heavy. had a report of very heavy rain out in walnut creek not too long ago but from oakland, san leandro, really taking the brunt of it. that seems to be the line. you can see to the north there's not a lot. middletown. the rain has been quiet. it's tailed off. it's heavier for some areas. especially towards walnut creek, talked about walnut creek, alamo and walking back around -- look at this from san mateo towards half moon bay,

280, 101 if you are getting pounded by some of that rain, you can tweet me or e-mail me or facebook or something. i appreciate the info. that looks like heavy rain slamming towards foster city, millbrae, also -- who else? redwood shores. patrick will let me mow what's going on. back to the east bay, between san ramon, danville. not as heavy for some san jose areas. it's starting to pick up south of morgan hill and around santa cruz heading in. this is really intense. it's close to the radar site. that's heavy rain along highway 1 down towards monterey. snow is showing signs of picking up. i snow mammoth is showing signs of picking up. the winter storm warning is out. that snow will pick up throughout the day. i think on the back side we'll be done. this is a nice picture. no radar. i forgot to click on the other map. you are like, where did everything go? cloudy with rain, breezy,

cooler. hail or thunderstorms. 60s for temperatures or upper 50s. kind of a cool day. we'll see some rain today into maybe early tomorrow and then i think we get a break. but it won't be a some id break. there will be a lot of -- solid break. there will be a lot of cloud cover around. there could be some heavy rain in the north bay on saturday. the question is how far south will it make it and when? maybe not until late saturday, early sunday. drunk and passed out in a hotel. the new scandal involving agents who are supposed to protect the president. plus refusing to leave her office even show she was fired. the bizarre work protest that's putting a bay area radio station in the spotlight.

listeners of a community radio station in berkeley may not notice a difference but the executive director of the group that runs kpfa was fired two weeks ago but won't leave her office. 40-year-old summer reese and her mother have taken over the building. they brought air mattresses to sleep their overnight. reese believes her bosses are unhappy that she let go two- thirds of the staff at a new york radio station that the group also runs. >> i'm taking the action that's necessary to save a prodwressive media -- progressive media outlet. >> it's making it a bigger issue than i think it needs to be. that's what i'm concerned

about. >> the group says it's a personnel issue and wants reese out of the building but does not want to resort to having to evict her. san francisco supervisors debating a plan to legalize thousands of in-law housing units. they are the separate homes built without a permit or inspections in garages, basements and attics around the city. this new proposal would allow the owners to apply for permits now. rent control laws would apply. however, the units cannot be sold as condos. the board of supervisors is due to vote next week. people living in a mid market apartment building in san francisco are fighting to stay in their homes. the tenants say they received eviction notices last friday. they say the landlord wants to replace their apartments with office space. the building owner has not answered our request for an interview. a storeowner in virginia is $3 million richer this morning after selling herself a winning

megamillions ticket. glenda was told someone from her store bought a winning ticket worth $3 million. she was thrilled since her store would get a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket. well, it laker that day, she checked her own ticket and found out she was the winner. for now, she says she's still working at her store. 8:27. we're finding out more about the man killed in a suspected drunk driving crash in fremont yesterday. how family members and friends are ratherring a young u.s -- are remembering a young u.s. marine who had just come back from a tour of duty. >> reporter: why vandals poisoning lawns in a west san jose neighborhood. well show you the damage and -- we'll show you the damage and how neighbors are fighting back. we have big problems in san francisco. trees have come down. we've had problems on city streets. now there is a report of a

problem in the east bay with slow traffic stretching as far back as vallejo. we'll tell you about all of this -- coming up. pounding rain for a few. not too much for others. it looks like a lot going on until probably this afternoon. rain and hail again. looks like maybe later this afternoon. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse...

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we're following breaking news at 8:30. this is a live picture. this is gee tongue, the site of one of several fbi raids that happened this morning. ktvu has confirmed that fbi agents have surrounded the office of state senator leland

yee in sacramento. this is a developing story. ktvu's alex savidge will have more on this in just two minutes from now. it's march 26th. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and there's much to tell you. steve is right over there. >> i am now. updating some of the radar. heavy rain about mainly san francisco south. i mean, out to brentwood and south. not as much to the north bay even though there's still a little bit. cazadero, san francisco, .46. just -- i think about eight reports of hail in san francisco this morning. you can see the line just from southern marin county, maybe novato to san pablo bay, rio vista south. north not bad. kathy said a couple of breaks in the clouds. take the dogs out. you can see why. there's a little bit more

offshore beginning to move on on the mendocino coast. still some rain up into lake county. but east bay, concord. you name it. getting hit lard. i've -- hit hard. i've had reports in orinda. oakland, san leandro and hayward getting rain. castro valley .30. redwood city, i know foster city, redwood shores, who am i missing out on? san mateo. somebody else. getting slammed. you can see why. wrapping back towards half moon bay. skyline, 280, 101, woodside, puerto low, that looks heavy. that's the line. that lies the focus right towards brentwood and oakley and everybody in between. south not as much san jose. but scrus mountains towards gilroy -- santa cruz mountains towards gilroy. that's picking up. our system is -- you can see there is a back edge to it. there will be drier air coming in probably after the noon hour. around 1:00 or 2:00, things

will calm down. 50s and 60s on your temperatures. here's a busy man as well, sal. we have breaking news in san francisco. want to go right to a picture of a tree that came down on a major san francisco street. sent in by a viewer -- i have her name here, lydia betles. thank you for sending that in. this is bush street heading down the hill toward the china town area. you can see this tree just came down right -- this right here is the sutter stockton garage. just give yourself plenty of extra time. the fire department is on the scene. they are gonna try to chop this thing up. but the traffic is affected on bush street. one of the major routes downtown. let's get to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's going to be slow. the traffic is busy as you head nd with. 45 -- westbound. 45 minutes to an hour delay. i would like to go out to the maps. i neglected to mention something important in san

francisco. that would be a mud and dirt supply on the onramp to southbound 280. caltrans has been called. the freeway is a mess. the freeway on 101 is a mess. several fender-benders in san francisco. san jose in the south bay, 101 is moderately heavy. it's been busy as your way to mountain view. just remember, i can't say everything that's going on. almost every freeway in the bay area is slower than norm a there are a lot of fender- benders. another update coming up. we're following breaking news right now. fbi raids targeting several people including state senator leland yee. alex savidge joining us live. you are in san francisco telling us what we know now. alex? >> reporter: well, dave, good morning. we do have reports that this widespread criminal investigation by the fbi does involve state senator leland yee. we've been told that chp officers and other law enforcement officers are surrounding senator lee's office in sacramento right now. there have been a series of

raids all across northern california, including here in san francisco, where we are this morning. this is gee kung tongue. it's the chinese free mason building in chinatown. police are guarding the entrance. they served a search warrant at this location. we expect in a short time they will be bringing some sort of evidence out of this building here. it's sort of in an alleyway in china town. they are standing guard here. we're waiting for evidence to be brought out. this was part of a series of search warrants executed across the bay area today. let me show you video here from another location on hyde street. we just came from this location on hyde street. it's an apartment building. a multilevel apartment building. very early this morning, fbi agents, we understand, they raided that location searching for a particular person. it's unclear exactly if they found the person they were looking for at that location. we did hear from neighbors who live in the building. there was quite a commotion.

one woman described what happened when she heard a commotion and opened up her door. listen to her. >> it was like 5:30 in the morning, and i heard a loud thump that woke me up. so i went into the hallway and i peeked my head out the door and there was a guy leaned up against the apartment door with a -- i was like what's going on? he said go back inside. >> reporter: the fbi executed search warrants in san francisco and sacramento. this is another location where local police, san francisco police are here right now. they are guarding this location and we are waiting for evidence to be brought out here. we understand there have been multiple people evidence. the fbi not confirming an exact figure. the reports are that senator leland yee's office is surrounded by chp officers and that the senator in some form

or fashion may be a subject or part of this criminal investigation. again, this is all being conducted by the fbi. we've working to get more information. i should point out as well, i did get off the phone with a representative for state senator leland yee. i asked him directly about the senator's involvement here in this investigation. he said he tent have any comment -- he didn't have any comment at this time but would get back to me. as soon as we learn more we're gonna keep you updated here on ktvu and throughout the day on ktvu. we're live in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. as we've been hearing from sal and steve, we have a wet and windy commute. if you have been outside, you know, look at these pictures, this was taken a short time ago in san francisco. the chp warning all drivers to slow down. keep a distance, a good distance from the other drivers because the roads are wet and slick. the police are haven't be busy since yesterday. they responded to double the number of accidents on tuesday

compared to monday. with more rain coming our way in the forecast, especially this weekend, they are also saying you better check your windshield wipers your tire pressure around the tread on your tire. the sierra is under a winter weather warning. light snow fell up there last night on donner summit. didn't stick, though. today, however, snow levels may drop to 5,000 feet with between 1 and 2 feet of new snow expected. the winter weather warning will continue until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. and nasa is giving us a new view of california's water situation. this is a photo. this was taken from 20,000 feet above the tuolumne river basin in the central sierra nevada. scientists say it will help them figure out how deep the snowpack is and there are measurements taken from the sky are within 4 inches of what is actually measured on the ground. 80% of california's water comes from the runoff of the melting snow in the sierra.

don't forget. you can track this storm on the go using our ktvu weather app. you can download it to your iphone, your ipad or your android device. san francisco police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that injured seven people. it happened around 12:40 this morning at the intersection of gary and van ness avenue. witnesses say a sedan slammed into the side of an suv. four people were in the suv. three people in the sedan. witnesses say the people in the sedan a man and two women tried to run from police but were caught. none of the injuries are life- threatening. an unusual crime in one south bay neighborhood has prompted the residents to offer reward money to catch a vandal. someone is poisoning lawns killing the grass. janine de la vega joins us live from san jose to show us the damage. boy, it must be frustrating for homeowners, janine. >> reporter: it is. people who live here on

moreland way, which is off the road here, have posted fliers that you see here offering a reward that leads to catching whoever is responsible for destroying the lawns here. take a look at the yellow streaks of tead grass -- of dead grass. it can be scene on the lawns here. people say as many as 30 lawns have been vandalized. something is being sprayed or poured on the grass causing it to die. it started halloween 2012, 2013. they thought it was a prank but it's happening every month. homeowners have a message for the vandal. >> stop, please. it's -- why? i have no idea why anyone would be doing this. >> what happens next? when the thrill of this goes away, what will they target next? >> reporter: neighbors are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the

capture of those responsible. some homeowners have purchased security cameras to help the -- to help and the victims have contacted the countymen who represent the area and will be meeting later to discuss what more can be done. they are in the process of filing police reports. with the police department short of officers, vandalism may be a low priority crime. if you have a tip, you can go online anonymously. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:41. there are new developments in the search for the missing malaysian airlines jetliner. what satellite images revealed this morning in the southern indian ocean. and we continue to follow breaking news. we just brought you it moments ago. fbi raids in san francisco and sacramento. state senator leland yee is involved. we'll have another live report in just minutes. really heavy rain right now in parts of the peninsula and

into-- into alameda. we will take a look at that and see if any reports of hail have come in.

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sacramento. we've confirmed that state senator lee land lee is involved. alex savidge is live in san francisco where one of the raids occurred early this morning. >> reporter: good morning. ktvu can now confirm that we've seen state senator leland yee in custody in a car headed to the federal courthouse. again, we understand that he's involved in some way in this criminal investigation being conducted by the fbi. multiple people have been arrested this morning and a number of raids served around the bay area and around northern california for that matter. we are here this morning at the ghee kung tongue chinese free mason building in chinatown. this on spafford. you can see san francisco police rear right now. we understand they will be bringing evidence from the location here at some point soon. we don't know exactly the nature of this investigation. the fbi is not confirming the nature of this investigation. but again search warrants were served around the city.

let me show you video. this is on hyde street where the fbi raided an apartment building this morning. again, a number of people taken into custody. we also understand that the chp and the fbi have surrounded the offices of state senator leland yee at the capitol in sacramento. so, again, we understand that senator yee is involved. we're working to get more information on the specific nature of the investigation. i also did talk this morning with a representative for senator yee's office. he has no comment b you sea is he -- he has no comment but he says he will have a statement sometime later today. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and a story we'll be staying on top of throughout the day. thank you. we're following new developments also in the search for a missing malaysia airlines, flight 370. pam cook is in the studio with the extensive operation underway right now and also the new lawsuit.

pam? >> reporter: that's right. satellite images from a french defense contractor show more than 100 pieces of possible wreckage from the missing malaysia airline. there are dozens of planes and ships in the ocean. but search teams so far have not been able to locate the pieces so they don't know if anything spotted is from flight 370. >> it's not very far from the objects by the chinese government which is over here and the australian government which is over there. so this is still the most credible lead that we have. it is confirmed to be m- -- if it's confirmed to be mh-370, we can move on to the next phase, search and rescue. >> two american devices designed to pinpoint the pings from the flight data recorder arrived in australia today. a special unmanned submarine

can travel across the ocean floor and find objects of depths of nearly 15,000 feet. the u.s. has sent in a giant listening device that is towed behind a ship that can defect pings at depths of 20,000 feet. now, as far as the lawsuit, the first steps have been taken in filing a lawsuit against malaysia airlines and boeing, the company that makes the plane. the attorneys at the chicago law firm believe this is mechanical failure and are working for possible design and protukdz flaws. the firm expects to represent families of more than half of the 239 passengers. the same firm is also representing many of the passengers in the asiana airlines crash at sfo. now, also in the last 24 hours, malaysia's prime minister has been meeting with china's deputy foreign minister. the chinese government and family members of the chinese

passengers on board flight 370 have criticized malaysia's handling of the search for the plane. dave? >> all right, pam. thank you. members facing disciplinary action from the secret service. according to reports, they were sent home yesterday from the netherlands before the president even arrived. one secret service agent allegedly was found drunk in a hotel hallway and reportedly two other agents did not intervene. that behavior violates rules imposed on secret service agents after an incident two years ago involving alcohol and prostitutes. 8:49. sal and steve have been extremely busy with the weather. still a lot of accidents out there. >> a lot of fender-benders out there, tori and dave. i want to mention that the traffic is going to be very slow still in contra costa, alameda and scleauk and on the

peninsula -- santa clara and on the peninsula as well. the drive time is 15 minutes which is more like normal. but still a little bit slow getting up to the tunnel. when you get to the toll plaza of the bay bridge, it's slow. i wanted to show you 280 southbound, which is not usually slow but it's slow approaching 101 which is just a mess. san francisco dirt and mudslide on geneva onramp to southbound 280. northbound 208 is a parking lot coming out of daly city and 101 is terrible into downtown. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. well, we talked about it yesterday. it would be more active. i don't think i said funner. but i think i said it would be more fun because of -- weatherwise. was it ever. i want to thank, for sending me information be it twitter, e- mail or facebook. petaluma, leaders of the pack, sending me information today. i thank you. i really do. makes my job much easier of the there's a lot to go around. rainfall totals, cazadero,

inch, sewas wasty poll -- sebastopol, .75. vallejo an benicia, .5. san francisco, .46. el cerrito, .3. i try to get as many as i can. but to be honest, i can't dance that fast. oakland, concord, brentwood, out to part, of the east bay getting reports that rain has burn returned to bodega bay. things have been much quieter. from alameda pouring. a couple of reports, oakland to morago, orinda, la fayette. same for walnut creek. you can see san ramon stretching to the east bay. but the peninsula, been slammed about the last hour or so. from el granada, half moon bay, woodside, redwood shores, san mateo, palo alto, millbrae, lur

ling game and foster city. -- burlingame and foster city. stretching over the peninsula back to parts of the east bay. watsonville and gilroy, it's blowing up. so highway 1, especially from santa cruz. now today we get the rain. there will be the back side this afternoon. thursday is kind of slight stuff. friday we get a break. saturday there will be a long stronger -- there will be a stronger system. you can see the spin in the atmosphere. that's what's enhanced our system. so cloudy with rain, breezy, cooler, downpours, possible hail or thundershowers. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. they are going to stay cool. it will be cool. if we get any sun that may tligger thunderstorm activity -- that may trigger

thunderstorm activity. >> all right. we'll have more on the breaking news involving state senator leland yee right after the break. reminding you how things used to be. how you'd have a little debbie whenever you finished cleaning your room. or finished a book report... ...or finished a garden. you've earned it. you can have one when you've finished cleaning out the garage. your love for little debbie is something you never outgrow. you should get him to do the attic too.

we're following breaking news of fbi raids happening in the bay area and in sacramento this morning. this is video of one of those raids that happened earlier this morning in san francisco. it was at the chinatown office of the ghee tongue free basin. we also know that fbi agents

and the chp surrounded leland yee's office in sacramento. as for senator yee himself, he was seen in a car in custody heading to the federal building in san francisco. we also know that these raids were targeting potential political corruption. we will continue to follow this story and have more coming up on the news at noon and throughout the day on ktvu.com as well as facebook and twitter. 8:56. some people are getting extra time to sign up for healthcare insurance but the extension might not reach all the way to people here in california. yesterday, the obama administration announced that people can qualify for an extension by indicating that technical problems prevented them from enrolling. here in california, the deadline of march 31st, which is monday, still stands. about 30 minutes ago, we talked to the executive director of covered california who says there is a little leeway. >> we're looking right now at if people have started the

process and need help getting across the finish line. do we give them a week or two? we'll be reviewing that today. >> officials say if people don't have health insurance, they will have to pay a tax penalty starting next year. that penalty will go up for every year you don't have insurance. a peninsula man attempts to land a date landed him in jail. ashley works at curry up. she said early saturday she was taking out the trash when she spotted the man with some of the restaurant's tvs outside and realized she was being robbed and recognized him as the man who approached her a half-hour earlier to ask her out. officers took the phone number he left earlier to set up a fake date and arrested him. let's go back to sal. you are watching the toll plaza and all of our commute. >> we have breaking traffic news. a boulder has come down near the caldecott tunnel.

apparently cars are hitting it coming in. bay bridge toll plaza is okay. let's go through these. 880 is slow. let's go to steve. cloudy with rain, occasionally heavy. occasionally some hail. maybe a break saturday night. all right. that's our report for this morning. more on the fbi raids and their ties to leland yee and political vup thun at noon -- political corruption at noon. thanks for watching. female announcer: through sunday at sleep train's big gift event

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